A 230-pound Texas teacher forces a boy face down and lies on top of him, killing him, after he refused to stay seated in class. Weeks after threatening suicide, a 13-year-old boy with attention ...

Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s ...

England and Wales banned the use of pain-inducing physical restraint last week in children’s prisons. Such techniques are to be “minimised and will only be used as a last resort where it is a ...

California school staff would be barred from physically restraining K-12 students or isolating them in “seclusion rooms” unless the student’s behavior creates an imminent physical threat under a bill ...

PAINFUL restraint techniques used before the suicide of a 14-year-old boy at a North-East secure unit will be challenged in the House of Lords. Lord Carlile, a Liberal Democrat peer, will try to ...

With continuing calls for police reform after George Floyd’s death in Minnesota last month, the Hutchinson Police Department has suspended the use of any restraint method that involves an officer ...

MALDEN — Public schools and specialized private schools in Massachusetts that educate children with behavioral or emotional issues will be required to follow new regulations when using restraint or ...

Ministers are under growing pressure to ban the painful headlocks, wrist and arm twists that can be used to control children's behaviour in youth prisons. The national inquiry into child sexual abuse ...

The family of death-in-custody victim Allan Marshall have blasted Scottish prison chiefs for halting the roll-out of “pain-free” restraint techniques at all jails. Allan was on remand at HMP Edinburgh ...